Sarah Vaughan
She began studying music when she was seven, taking eight years of piano lessons and two years of organ. As a child she sang in the choir at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Newark and played piano and organ in high school productions at Arts High School. She entered an amateur contest at the Apollo Theater in New York's Harlem area, singing "Body and Soul", and won the $10 prize and a week's engagement at the Apollo. From 1944 to 1945, she sang with Billy Eckstine and in 1947 she married her manager, trumpeter George Treadwell. Her later husbands included pro football player Clyde Atkins and trumpeter Waymon Reed. She received many awards, including an Emmy in 1981 for a tribute to George Gershwin and a Grammy in 1983.
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
Duke Ellington & Sarah Vaughan Live At The Berlin Philharmonic Hall 1989
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.2
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Basin Street Revue
…Sings Musicals
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Disc Jockey
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Count Basie At Carnegie Hall
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Music According to Tom Jobim
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Rhythm and Blues Revue
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
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Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure
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Simonal: No One Knows How Tough It Was
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Jazz Icons: Sarah Vaughan: Live in '58 & '64
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
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American Bandstand
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Jake and the Fatman
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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The Steve Allen Show
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The Oscars
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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The Pearl Bailey Show
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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Le Grand Échiquier
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The Dick Cavett Show
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